Sunday Seeds: April Edition
C.L. Polk, Jackie Morris, The Cryptonaturalist, Hozier, Artist Cheryl Baker
Cornflowers, dandelions, maple trees, and all the rest of their towering and tiny green cousins send out their seeds on the winds, hoping to find fertile ground. Inspiration is much the same. A book, a song, a poem might land in just the right spot for you, on just the right day, giving life to a new idea. On the first Sunday of each month, I send out a handful of seeds that have drifted into my own path, in the hope that their beauty or their poignancy or their curiosity feeds your creativity.
Even Though I Knew the End by C.L. Polk
A hard-boiled sapphic love letter to noir detective stories, with underground speakeasys, demons, a supernatural serial killer and an ending that will ruin you. (Also, for those local to Victoria, it’s available at Munro’s and Tanners.)
This beautiful article by Jackie Morris on the grief-tinged process of creating the cover for the utterly gorgeous and transporting The Lost Spells.
Hozier’s recently released EP Eat Your Young, but specifically the song “Through Me,” in which his Irish accent is stronger and more glorious than ever.
So much by whimsical artist Cheryl Baker, but especially this gorgeous owl print, which makes me want to write even more fairy tales.
And finally, Episode 46 of The Cryptonaturalist podcast, “Cassandra Logs 3: Doorway Creature.” It’s beautiful and strange and wild. It dares you to think about the hidden in-between spaces in the world, and in yourself. And afterwards, you will never look at a slightly ajar door the same way again.